State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told duo engineers of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) to be terminated over the recent national blackouts.
“The decision likely to come into effect today,” he told reporters at the secretariat on Sunday, 16 October after receiving the probe report on the incident.
Action has been taken against an assistant engineer and a sub-assistant engineer of PGCB on the charge of negligence of duty, mentioned the state minister.
“Action will be taken against others responsible for the incident by this week after identifying them,” he said.
On October 6, the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh formed a seven-member committee to identify the reasons behind the blackouts on October 4 that caused a seven-hour grid failure more than half of the nation.
The committee had 3 days to complete the investigation and submit its report.
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